Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-01-13

Monday and Tuesday were cold days.
Mrs. 10. F. Morgan, Of this village, is
quite sick.
Owing TO the freeze an oyster is now a
rare bird in Leonardtown.
Both the Orphans and Commissioner
Courts were in session Tuesday.
The sleighing was never better and our
people are making the most Of il.
Read our New York letter. 1t is from
the pen of q ST. Mary's soiourner there.
The ice on Briton's Bay, opposite Fox
wells wharf, will average 8 inches in thick
ness.
Mr.. C. 5. Parran, of the Calvert Gasette
has resigned a. Captain Of the Calvert Light
Infantry.
In the matter of parties and other social
enjoyments Leonardtown, thus far, is away
behind other neighborhoods.
There were more sleighs in Leonardtown,
Tuesday than the oldest inhabitant' ever
remembers to have seen before
Our thanks are returned Comptroller
Turner for copy of his Annual Report for
the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1856.
Messrs. John d. Moore, Willis Yates and
John A. Simms have placed us under obi
cations for copies of interesting papers.
The German Ship Elizabeth, from Ham
burg TO Baltimore, was wrecked near Cape
Henry on the Sth instant, and twenty lives
were lost
Politics are beginning 10 be discussed and
slate makers are busy. There are breakers
ahead and 1887 promises 10 be bad year
for states
Read the communications in our present
issue. The articles Of Mr. Thomas Maddox
and of "@+&," deserve, from farmers, a
careful reading.
The Patuxent River is frozen over and
it is thought that the ice is sufficiently
strong 10 allow light man TO walk from
the Sand Gates TO the Calvert shore.
Aht 1ia@y iulIt " uiNh Was Ilaue IOT Tie
benefit of St Georges church has been
publicly rafiicd and was won by most
e'timable young lady, Miss Alice Thomas.
ON Christmas day, the house of Mr..
Thomas Pilkcrton, of PIney Point, was
broken into and S35 stolen. No arrests
have been made. Mr. Z. is a tenant of
Capt. ]. I. Swami.
There will be regular drill of the Leon
ardtown Rifles on the first Saturday of
February. The regular Court Martial will
be held on Saturday, January 18th. The
entire company is expected 10 attend.
Capt. John Palmer, the uncompromising
9TH district prohibitionist was made the re-
cipient Of . Christmas present in the shape
of ''demijohn" of wine. The Captain is
anxiouslv endedvoring 10 discover the
identity of his unknown friend.
During recent visit to ST. Inigo's dis
trict, young friend of ours fell in with the
genial Captain West, of Joyne's city, and
has returned home vowing that St. inigo's
people are the cleverest in the world and
Capt W. the cleverCst man in the district.
Wednesday night was the time set for
the Baltimore Democratic Reform Meeting
\ report of its proceedings has not yet
reached Southern Maryland, but speeches
We're doubtlessly made by Ex-Gov. HAM
ilton, Hon. James NJ. Dennis and J. X.
Cowen, Esqr.
\ small portion of the cargo of the sunken
! Onward has come TO the surface and been
picked up Capt. Swami expected TO at
| tempt 10 raise the boat, hut the hard weather
has thus far prevented him and the ice hay
ing carried away the masts in addition to
the other difficulties of the job is now added
the trouble of nndiRg the craft.
/ In the village locomotion on foot is te-
coming both difficult and dangerous. The
pedestrian walks along the sidewalk with
out any apparent danger when he sudden
/ ly strikes an icy spot, treacherously covered
with snow, and down he goes, much 10 the
amusement of those who witness but with
chaerin to himself
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